Hollywood Horror House (1970): Pyscho shocker on 4K Blu-ray

Vic Valance (David Garfield) is an enigmatic young man who has manipulated his way into working at the decaying mansion of a once prolific, but now reclusive and alcoholic, movie star named Katharine Packard (Miriam Hopkins). While the rest of the house staff become suspicious of Vic’s intentions, the aging movie queen finds in him a companion and, she hopes, a lover. But as Vic begins behaving in more and more erratic ways, it becomes clear that he’s far more sinister than his demeanor implies and might in fact be a vicious serial killer who has been murdering and dismembering middle-aged women in Hollywood…

A psychedelic proto-slasher by way of Sunset Blvd, HOLLYWOOD HORROR HOUSE (aka SAVAGE INTRUDER) was shot on and off between late 1969 and mid 1973 by writer/producer/director Donald Wolfe, with funds from his star home bus tour company. Chock full of lurid, candy-colored freak-outs shot by John Morrill (A Boy and His Dog) along with surprisingly grisly murder set pieces, plus a supporting cast including Gale Sondergaard, Virginia Wing (Law and Order), Florence Lake (Welcome to Arrow Beach), and Joe Besser (The Three Stooges) in his final role in a feature film, HOLLYWOOD HORROR HOUSE ramps up its weirdness all the way through it’s demented final act and comes to Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, newly restored in 4k from its original 35mm camera negative.

Release date: March 31, 2020Genre: Horror

Disc and film details

Director: Donald Wolfe

Cast: Miriam Hopkins, David Garfield, Gale Sondergaard

Country: USA

Production Year: 1970

Discs: 1 Blu-ray Disc

Region: Free

Run Time: 91 minutes

Formats: Color / 4K / 1.85:1

Audio: English

Subtitle: English

AKA: Savage Intruder

Studio: Vinegar Syndrome

Special features

BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE

Historical commentary track with David Decoteau of RapidHeart.tv and David Del Valle of SinisterImage.com